The Fortune-Teller Saintess - Chapter 98

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“Huff, huff…”

Nein let out ragged breaths. Even in the midst of this, his eyes were steadily tracking the assassins.

He didn’t know how long this standoff had been going on, but one thing was certain.

The longer time passed, the more disadvantageous it became for Nein.

‘This feels like shit, really.’

Nein openly displayed his displeasure on his face.

It wasn’t that there hadn’t been dangerous situations before, but each time Nein had overcome crises with his specialty—magic.

But this time the situation was different.

‘If it weren’t for those damn mana stones, these bastards would be…!’

The mana stones the assassins had set up around the area.

He didn’t know what they had done to those stones, but they were absorbing Nein’s mana, preventing his magic from being cast properly.

No matter how much of a Mage Tower Master he was, his mana wasn’t limitless.

The moment his mana ran out, he might really fall to these bastards.

“I see you knew I was coming and prepared quite thoroughly?”

Nein asked with a crooked smile, but the assassins only raised their weapons without giving any response.

Since he hadn’t expected an answer anyway, Nein spat out the blood that had pooled in his mouth. Then he glared at the mana stones around him with sharp eyes.

‘If only I could at least get rid of those things…’

“Stop your foolish thoughts.”

As soon as he had the thought, a dagger came flying.

Nein reflexively tried to draw up mana to use magic. However, the mana that should have formed the spell was crushed by the mana stones and automatically dispelled.

He had no choice but to twist his body, but because he had used the time needed for evasion to attempt spellcasting, his arm was cut by the dagger.

“Kuk…”

“Mage Tower Master, you will die here today.”

After confirming that Nein couldn’t use magic, the assassins approached boldly, no longer having anything to fear.

Nein glared at them with all his might while thinking of someone inside.

‘Ellia.’

If he had known it would come to this, he should have at least seen her face and said goodbye.

A chuckle escaped him at this regret so unlike him.

“Damn it.”

“Everyone, attack…!”

That’s when it happened.

Creak-

“Father, you’re back from the banquet already… Huh?”

“…!”

When an unexpected person entered the room, the assassins froze instantly.

Sierra, who had been staring at them blankly, belatedly grasped the situation and her face turned white.

“Wh-what is this…?”

Swoosh-

And that momentary gap was the perfect time for Nein to move.

Not missing the opportunity, Nein moved quickly to Sierra’s side. Then he wrapped his arm around her neck and spoke to the assassins.

“Don’t move.”

“Kuk…!”

Confusion flashed in the assassins’ eyes.

As expected, it seemed they couldn’t touch Sierra, who was Arjes’s daughter.

Sierra was equally surprised.

She trembled all over and spoke in a voice full of tears.

“Pl-please, spare me…”

“Hey. If you say that, it makes it sound like I’m taking you hostage.”

“Ar-aren’t you?”

“No.”

Sierra’s eyes widened.

Displeased, Nein scrunched up his face and then held out his opposite hand.

At the unexpected object clutched in his hand, the assassins’ eyes immediately sharpened.

It was a mana stone they had prepared to weaken Nein. It seemed he had grabbed it during the gap created by Sierra’s appearance.

‘What is he trying to do with that thing that absorbs his own mana…?’

As the assassins cast confused glances, Nein chuckled and opened his mouth.

“You know one thing but not two, I see? Mana stones, you see, do have the property of absorbing power, but…”

Crack-

The mana stone shattered in Nein’s hand.

Then Nein’s mana that the mana stone had absorbed began to surge around them.

“Their purpose is to store that power.”

“At-attack! Everyone attack!”

“Too late, you idiots.”

Flash-

Nein absorbed the mana that had been contained in the mana stone and cast magic.

The assassins, who had been preparing to counterattack thinking offensive magic would pour down, gaped at the sudden situation.

The surrounding scenery had changed. From indoors to outdoors.

Nein had moved them all outside at once.

The reason became clear immediately.

“Huh, what?”

“What are those guys?”

Fabio, who had been having a standoff with the butler to enter the manor, gaped at the sudden appearance of Nein and the assassins.

Nein spoke curtly to Fabio.

“They’re the Seer’s followers, so hurry up and catch them.”

“What…!”

Fabio, who had been shocked, quickly came to his senses as befitting someone Jacad had entrusted with work, and commanded the knights.

“Capture those bastards!”

“Yes!”

The knights surrounded the assassins and unleashed attacks.

No matter how skilled the assassins personally trained by Arjes were, their abilities couldn’t match the Royal Guards.

Seeing the assassins quickly overwhelmed, Nein turned his back.

“I say, Mage Tower Master. Are you alright? Your wounds…”

“Give me a communication device. I need to make contact.”

Fabio hurriedly pulled out a magic communication device and handed it to Nein. Then he paused at a sudden thought.

‘Why am I naturally doing what this guy tells me to?’

Whether Fabio was shocked or not, Nein channeled mana into the communication device.

After a moment, as soon as communication with Jacad was established, Nein spoke.

“Mission completed. I couldn’t find evidence of the Seer, but I caught his followers. At Arjes Evis’s manor.”

-Good work. From your appearance, it seems there were many complications.

“I expect the compensation to increase proportionally to what I know.”

Jacad’s face in the communication device contorted.

Nein, who had been chuckling, hesitated for a moment before carefully speaking.

“The Holy Lady is there, right? Let me talk to her.”

-…

“Your Highness?”

-Listen, Mage Tower Master. Don’t get excited and listen.

Nein’s brow furrowed at the ominous opening.

And the moment Jacad’s words continued, he couldn’t contain himself and released killing intent.

-The Holy Lady has disappeared. I heard she was alone with Arjes Evis, but according to the last person who saw her, she left the Imperial Palace alone… Wait, Mage Tower Master! Where are you going… Hey!

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“Huff, huff…”

My breath was rising to my chin, but I gripped the hem of my dress tightly and just ran.

There was no time to wait for a carriage. The area around the Imperial Palace was congested because of the banquet.

People passing by looked at me strangely as I ran with my dress hem lifted high, but I had no time to care about such things.

‘The Holy Lady is close to the Mage Tower Master, so shouldn’t you at least witness his final moments?’

Nein’s final moments.

Arjes’s words painfully stabbed at my heart. But I forced myself to pull it together and moved my legs.

Nein is alive. He must surely be alive.

He’s not someone who would die like this.

‘Because Nein is strong, surely…!’

“Holy Lady Ellia!”

I stopped running at the voice calling me.

When I turned my head, I saw a carriage approaching this way. And a familiar person was poking their head out through the carriage window.

It was Cardinal Barion.

He stopped the carriage in front of me and asked with a surprised face.

“Where are you going in such a hurry by yourself?”

“Your Eminence!”

Instead of answering, I looked up at him with a desperate face and shouted.

“Please take me to House of Count Evis!”

“…I don’t know what’s going on, but it seems to be very urgent.”

“Yes. Please, I beg you.”

Cardinal Barion nodded and opened the carriage door for me.

“Get in. I’ll take you there.”

“Thank you!”

I hurriedly climbed into the carriage. As if understanding my feelings, the carriage began to move quickly.

Finally able to catch my breath, I took deep breaths while staring out the window.

Cardinal Barion watched me and carefully spoke up.

“You look anxious, Holy Lady Ellia. Is something wrong?”

“…A friend might be in danger.”

I gripped the hem of my dress tightly and spoke in fragments.

“He’s strong, so I don’t think that would happen, but if, really if by any chance he got hurt…”

“Didn’t you try divining with the Sacred Relic?”

“I was too scared of the answer to try.”

As if understanding my feelings, Cardinal Barion gently wrapped his hands around my clenched fist.

“It will be fine, Holy Lady Ellia. Nothing will happen.”

“…Thank you, Your Eminence.”

I smiled softly and turned my gaze to the window to calm my anxious heart.

But something was strange.

Why is there a forest path…?

“Your Eminence, House of Count Evis is in the city. Why is the carriage heading to the outskirts of the city…?”

When I asked in confusion, Cardinal Barion smiled broadly.

Then he suddenly began to say something incomprehensible.

“Holy Lady Ellia, have you ever heard the voice of God?”

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